Two pop-up shows featuring national artists generated buzz in the city’s music scene on Saturday, July 8. If you were around Fifth and Kingsley Saturday afternoon, you might have noticed a line to get into the Danny Clinch’s Transparent gallery, adjacent to the Asbury Hotel. Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers and the London Souls as well as locals Jackson Pines and Rachel Dobken performed.

The gallery, which features enlarged prints of Clinch’s iconic shots of musicians ranging form Tupac Shakur to Bruce Springsteen was packed.

“We wanted to celebrate the music and culture of Asbury Park,” said Clinch, whose Transparent exhibit is scheduled to run through September 15 at the Asbury Hotel. “I wanted to something really cool so I asked Joe Grushecky and the London Souls to stop by but we couldn’t announce it (as the bands had previously announced shows in the area)”

Clinch, who plays harmonica, joined Grushwecky and the Houserockers for several songs, including reprise of the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You,” which Clinch and the guys performed Friday, July 7 at the city’s Wonder Bar.

“Joe and the guys have been hugely supportive of Asbury Park for so long,” said Clinch, a Toms River native, from the stage at Transparent. “If anybody supports Asbury Park, it’s Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers.”

Grushecky and the Houserockers exited the gallery to play the Wonder Bar across the street for the second of their two shows there. They later came back to jam into the night after their Wonder Bar show.

The London Souls, a trippy blues duo from New York City, took the Transparent stage after the Houserockers.

South on Kingsley Avenue, the Jersey electric pop combo Arizona were breaking in the new Outpost with a sunset pop-up show for about 50 fans. The Outpost is a rest stop for touring musicians that includes amenities like a lounge, a recording studio, a yoga and fitness center, an outdoor deck area and laundry and showers. It’s a collaboration between the New York City-based marketing firm the Participation Agency and iStar, Asbury Park’s main waterfront developer.

“The Outpost has the amenities that you don’t have out on the road,” said band member Zach Hannah. “You can stop here you can get healthy food and a hot shower, laundry, good sleep — there’s hammocks — and get a haircut.”

“If you’re only in town for a day you can just hang here and recharge.”

That’s what Arizona guitarist Nate Esquite of Elizabeth did.

“I took a nap on one of the hammocks,” Esquite said. “It’s one of the most relaxing things in the world.”

The group Arizona performs at the Outpost in Asbury Park on Saturday, July 8.(Photo11: Chris Jordan)

By sunset, by guys were jamming. Their new single, “Electric Touch,” had the Outpost audience reaching for the sky.

“We play pop music but we’re really a punk band,” quipped keyboardist David Labuguen.